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428:Steve Koppe
423:Denzil Kent
413:Ted Hubbard
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251:Steve Koppe
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762:References
443:Les Rumsey
331:grasstrack
304:Les Rumsey
223:, won the
175:Canterbury
130:1970, 1978
107:Track size
94:Club facts
60:Canterbury
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